rideau

The story

1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*wriþilaz
2. Old High German · derived fromridil“a headband; a ribbon”
3. Old French · derived fromridel“plaited stuff; cloth curtain; blind”
4. Middle French · derived fromrideau
5. French · borrowed fromrideau“curtain”
6. English todayrideau

Borrowed from French rideau (“curtain”), from Middle French rideau, from Old French ridel (“plaited stuff; cloth curtain; blind”), from rider (“to plait; to wrinkle”), perhaps from Old High German ridil (“a headband; a ribbon”) or rīdan, wrīdan (“to wrinkle”) (related to English writhe), from Proto-Germanic *wriþilaz, from *wrīþaną (“to twist, wind, wrap”). See more at riddle (“curtain”), writhe.

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